Why was Cheney wearing a hat at Auschwitz with the words "staff"?

Minstrel Boy

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:43 AM
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Why was Cheney wearing a hat at Auschwitz with the words "staff"?

Nevermind the disgrace of the parka for a moment. What the hell kind of message was he sending with that?

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saltpoint

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:45 AM
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1. Minstrel Boy, that is an incredibly funny line.

I'm up late howling at it. My neighbors are probably at this moment lunging for the phone to call the asylum.

Thanks for the lift.

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Minstrel Boy

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:51 AM
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4. Thanks, I have to credit "George," who posted a comment

on my blog asking that question.

http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/01/hell-frozen-over.html#comments

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saltpoint

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:02 AM
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8. Well, whatever you and George are drinking tonight --

-- Bartender, damn it, fill 'em up again!

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Straight Shooter

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:46 AM
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2. He's just a boor. He never considers the feelings of others.

"Staff" doesn't mean anything, unless he thinks he was making a joke because everyone believes he's the acting president. This entire administration is composed of social misfits.

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FreedomAngel82

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:45 AM
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12. I think it's just like

when Bush wore that stupid jacket with his name on it and "Commander in Chief." :eyes: It's so immature. They have to do that to feel special and they have their "mandate." :eyes:

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zann725

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:01 AM
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13. It meant EXACTLY what it said...he considers himself "Staff" of Auschwitz

...safetly working his current "shift" from afar in Neo-Con Washington, D.C.

Very dark humor...entirely in keeping with Cheny-like personna. I do NOT think it was accidental at all. Of course he considered his "wardrobe" closely at such a monumental Memorial. And of course he has DEEP contempt for human rights, and fully supports (and sadistically enjoys) war time torture and execution.

What a travesty to send him there...or anybody from Bushco Admin.

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BrklynLiberal

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:50 AM
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3. Cause he's an idiot?

Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 12:52 AM by BrklynLiberal

Did you see the "updated" version?

from http://hoffmania.typepad.com/blog /

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Minstrel Boy

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:54 AM
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5. that's great - thanks! n/t

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LizMoonstar

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:02 AM
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7. As a former WI resident,

I'm insulted at the thought that we'd produce such an ass. He should be banned from ever wearing a cheesehat, among other things.

but 'staff'. I totally just got it! hahahahaha! what a schmuck!

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AuntiBush

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:04 AM
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15. LOLOL!!!

Up late, too... thanks for the laugh. HEAD CHEESE!!

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The Backlash Cometh

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Sat Jan-29-05 08:06 AM
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20. LOL!

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FlemingsGhost

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Sat Jan-29-05 12:59 AM
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6. Isn't it obvious?

Cheney is a nazi.

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DBoon

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:09 AM
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9. That he could give a shit about "old europe"

and their obsession with "human rights" and "genocide".

It would have been less offensive for him to have been entirely absent.

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jpgray

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:10 AM
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10. Jesus Christ, he's created his own Cheney joke!

Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 01:11 AM by jpgray

What did Cheney wear to Auschwitz?

A hat that said "staff".

:o

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lebkuchen

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Sat Jan-29-05 01:36 AM
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11. I still think he went skiing in the Tatra Mts. immediately after

the ceremony.

It's the typical American tourist ruse: to hit Munich's beer halls, Dachau and Neuschwanstein all in one day.

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zann725

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:02 AM
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14. No, it was NO joke. Please. Cheney's too shrewd and sadistic for that.

n/t

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lebkuchen

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:31 AM
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17. Skiing in the Tatras wouldn't have been a "joke"

Edited on Sat Jan-29-05 03:01 AM by lebkuchen

It would have been an example of his sandwiching Auschwitz between events Cheney would rather have been doing. It's all very "bush" league.

At any rate, you'd have to think that our VP missed much of the message at this solemn ceremony. You don't wear white fur to an extermination camp.

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illflem

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:04 AM
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16. At least that picture doesn't show

the boner Cheney usually gets at death camps

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teamster633

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:31 AM
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18. His 'natural' alternative to Levitra. What an evil fuck.

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uhhuh

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Sat Jan-29-05 02:41 AM
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19. That is actually what it means

It is a hat that marks the last time he had an erection. I guess that was 2001. I think it was on 09/11. He was hoping that his "lucky" hat, and being surrounded by a place where so much death had occured, would give him a "staff". He wore the huge parka to cover up the obvious signs.

Wasn't there a picture posted here a while back supposedly showing a somewhat large endowment for him?

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